[Note 20] (p. 493). Cocoa-nuts (of which the island produces vast quantities) are also exported to Malabar, and also wax and tortoise-shell.
[Note 21] (p. 493). Dried salted shark and other fish, and ghee, are brought in considerable quantities from Socotra; likewise chinaware, earthen jars, and toys and ornaments from Surat.
[Note 22] (p. 496). I do not give this as information to be depended on.
[Note 23] (p. 497). The Galla are in their persons exactly similar to the west-coast negroes.
[Note 24] (p. 499). The sugar-cane grows in great plenty, but the inhabitants are ignorant of the art of making sugar.
[Note 25] (p. 500). Monkeys are also found on the island, with foxes and wild hogs, &c.
[Note 26] (p. 500). Rice and ghee can be procured in considerable quantities, but it will be found expensive for strangers to provide any great supply of those articles.
[Note 27] (p. 502). This, I think, must be an error. Five thousand is more probable,—the person who gave me the information being rather given to exaggeration.
[Note 28] (p. 508). No revenue collected by the Imaum.
[Note 29] (p. 508). Ibid.